Hose-supporter clasp.



N0. 836,081. PATENTED NOV; 20, 1906.

H. BINNEY." HOSE SUPPORTER CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1905.

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and 2 are respectively a front e UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD BINNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NEALON. COMPANY,

; CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HOSE-SUPP-ORTER ,CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed January 8, 1905. serial No. 239-379- .[0 allwhom it. may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAROLD BINNEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of No. 10 Lexington avenue, in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose Supporter Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garmentsup' porter clasps comprising a loop or like-acting member and a button, the shank of tion of the garment, as the hem of a stoc ing or sock, belng interposed therebetween and supported thereby.

Heretofore it has been customary to make the button-head of these clasps of circular contour and to provide it with an axiallydisposed shank, or at least to have a substantia portion of the button-head depend below the shank, so that in use -the button-head covers the lower transverse or connecting portion of the loop.

In practice there is a tendency of the stocking or other supported garment to slipfrom its engagement. My present improvement consists in providing a button-head of non-circular shape, ordinarily in the form of a polygon with rounded corners, with which the stocking-hem enga es.

I preferably provi e laterally and upwardly extending wings and find increased advantage .in attaching this polygonal button-head to its sup orting-back by a shank at or adjacent to its lower edge or corner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 evation and a vertical section of a clasp embodying my invention. Figs. 3 and 4, as Well as Figs. 5 and 6, are views corresponding to Figs. 1 and 2 of modified forms of the device. I Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, 1 designates a loop, usually madeof metal, either in sheet or wire form. As shown, it has the usual pear-shaped .or nail-head slot 11, the lower part 12 of which is of reduced width. The lower side bars 13 of the loo 1 are shown as approximately parallel an as connected by a curved transverse portion 14. Behind the loop 1 is supported a back 2, to which is attached, by means of a shank 22, a button-head21. The buttonhead 21 is of tnangular shape, having upwardly and outwardly extending wings or corner portions 23-. The shank 22 is secured to the rear face of the button-head 21' substantially below its center and, as shown, approximately at its lower corner. way any tendency of the downward strain on the stocking to raise the button from its normal lowermost position in the loop 12- is eliminated, while all the dia onally and directly downward strains cause b the engagement of the corners 23 with tie fabric act to hold the button firmly in such lowermost position. corners 23, while not so sharp as to bite into or tear the fabric, effectually prevent its slipping.

In Figs 3 and '4. the button-head 21, is shown as of quadrilateral shape with rounded corners and extending; as before, only upwardly and laterally from the shank 22. It is clear that in this form, as in that just described, all the strains will cooperate" to maintain the button in its place and to prevent the disengagement therefrom of the stocking or like article.

Thebutton-head 212 (shown in Figs. 5 and 6) is approximately triangular in form with upward y and outwardly extending win s 23, as in Figs. 1 and 2; but in this case the s ank 22 is attached to the lower face of the buttonhead atapproximately its central oint. Inthis form of the device there Wil exist the tendency above described of the stocking or sock to raise the button-head from it seat; but this will be resisted by the downward strains at the win s 23; but even if an upward movement 0 the button shouldoccur the engaglement of the corners 23 with the fabric wi be suflicient to prevent the disengagement of the stocking, which might easily occur with a button-head of circular form I have filed two applications of even date herewith, whichhave received Serial Nos.

In this It is also evident that the 239,377 and 239,378, respectively. In the having ears and the contour of which departs substantially from the ordinary circular form. I I have illustrated the button-head, its shank, and its supporting-back as integral andvas they would appear if molded from a rubber compound; butit is evident that the niz-t'terial or construction of the device, except as described, "forms no part of my present invention and that modifications other than those shown may be employed without de-.

I parting from its spirit.

- Having thus described my invention, what a loop having a slotnarrowed at its lower enc and a button provided with a head having upwardly and laterallydirected angular corhers, and a shank for-engaging in said loop.

3; A garment-supporter clasp comprising alo0p, and a button having ahead of approximil. WW m M f. g. i

mately angular form having upwardly and laterally extending corners and a shank for engaging in said loop. 4

4. A garment-supporter clasp comprisin a loop, a button-supporting portion, and a button having a polygonal head secured to said supporting portion substantially below the center of said button-head for engaging in said loop.

5. A garment-supporter clas comprising a loop-and a buttonhaving a po ygonal head, and a shank located approximately-at the lower edge of said head for engaging in said loop.

mately triangular form with a lower'corner v v v 4 6. A garment-supporter clasp compr singa loop and a button having a head of approxi and a shank located at the lower corner of said. head for engaging in said loop.

In testimony whereof I have signed this speclficatlon 1n the presence oi two subscriblng witnesses. v

v HAROLD BINNEY V'Vitnesses:

Gno. L. Coorna, 'D A. DAVIES. 

